Hammer v. Independent Lamp & Wire Co.
Appellate Terms of the Supreme Court of New York
Appeal from City Court of New York, Trial Term. Action by William J. Hammer against the Independent Lamp & Wire Company. From a judgment in favor of the plaintiff, and from an order denying a motion for new trial, defendant appeals. Reversed and remanded.
1DissentGuy, J.
The action was to recover the value of services as an electrical expert alleged to have been rendered by plaintiff for the Heany Lamp Company, a Maine corporation, and for disbursements made in connection with those services; plaintiff claiming that the defendant, a New Jersey corporation, was liable because, as he alleged, “the defendant acquired all of the assets of said Heany Lamp Company and assumed all the debts ef said Heany Lamp Company.” This allegation of the complaint was not denied in the answer. Defendant appeals from the judgment in plaintiff’s favor.
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2Cases cited4 opinions
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- Automatic Strapping Machine Co. v. Twisted Wire & Steel Co.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1913
- Herrman v. LelandAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1914
- Vandyke v. WebbAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1915